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The Fitzgerald Leader.
E. L. HANES, Editor and Proprietor.
PUBLISHED iVERY FRIDAY.
$1.00 Per Year.
Entered as second-class matter September
■24. 1906. at the post office at Fitzgerald. ' Ga.,
binder the Act of Congress of March 3,1679.
ADVERTISING RATES!
Kates for Display Advertising
furnished on Application.
Local Headers 5 cents the line
for each insertion. No ad taken
for less than 25 cents.
Official Organ of Fitzgerald
“Sarge Plunkett” has the small
pox. His numerous readers, the
state over, wish for him a speedy
recovery.
Our Teddy is teaching .John
Bull how to rule his colonies, and
the English papers are not taking
very kindly to his interference.
But that does not phase Ted.
Putman county presents to the
state her favorite son, Hon.
Thomas G. Lawson, for governor.
It looks as if there is to be quite a
bunch of candidates for governor.
Get up in the dome of the Lee-
Grant Hotel and take a bird’s eye
view of Fitzgerald and you will
see improvements going on in ev¬
ery direction. New buildings go¬
ing up, old buildings being remod¬
eled, and excavations being made
for more new buildings.
Crop reports from all parts of
this section are very favorable,
and one of the most encouraging
signs is the bright prospect for a
large corn crop. Abundance of
mi at and grain is what the south¬
ern farmers must raise to make
the south independent of the
world.
The state democratic executive
committee meets tomorrow to fix
the date of the state primary, and
it is the general impression that
Governor Brown will make his
formal announcement for re-clec-
tion during the next week. There
are now two avowed candidates in
the race for governor, and others
are being groomed, but it is very
evident that Gov. Brown will suc¬
ceed himself.
Florida’s Financial and Indus¬
trial Record, published in Jackson¬
ville, is doing much for the well-
fare of that state. It tells the
truth, and does not attempt to de¬
ceive. We note, in its editorial
columns, that it urges prospective
buyers to thoroughly investigate
before buying. The following
paragraph, clipped from the Rec¬
ord, will prove its sincerity:
“Only the other day,it is stated,
there arrived in Arcadia a man
and his wife and children. They
had sold their western farm and
had come to the Land of Flowers
to permanently locate upon their
newly acquired possessions, some
miles distant from the above men¬
tioned thriving little city. The
land agent had told them marvel¬
ous tales of Florida's soil fertility
ami the bumper crops which could
be raised the year round in the
land of perpetual sunshine.
They had seen in the attractive
circulars the wonderful pictures of
tropical vegetation, fertile fields
and bearing groves, and surely
‘ what others could do they could
also accomplish. So they hark¬
ened to the seductive story of the
wily land agent and had exchanged
their hard-earned cash — “sight
unseen’’, as the boys say when
swapping jackknives— for forty
acres of this marvelous soil at $20
per acre, and now they had come
to take possession of their future
home. But what an awakeing!
for upon their arrival at the desti¬
nation they found not fertile acres,
but desolate “sand-soak’’ Lad,
sparsely covered with stunted pines
and wireeram.”
Manager
Is Criticised
The train manager of the ex¬
operated by the A. B. &
between here and Anderson-
last Monday,has been severe¬
ly criticised by many in this city
account of the poor judgment
he is alleged to have displayed in
the train on the return
trip between Andersonville and
Oglethorpe. It is stated or, good
authority that between the two
cities above mentioned, the negro
passengers were furnished two
good coaches,and that every negro
had a place in which to sit, while
in other coaches numbers and
numbers of white women were
forced to stand during the entire
distance, and some of the women
were nursing babies.
This condition of affairs was
noticed directly after the train
had left Andersonville, and the at¬
tention of the conductor was called
to the raat t C r,but it is alleged that
the only satisfaction the complain-
tants could obtain was that the
situation would be remedied at
Oglethorpe, when the negro pass¬
engers would be unloaded. The
train manager is not accused of
being discourteous in any way
whatsoever, but it was his alleged
indifference to the comfort of the
passengers, and especially the
ladies, that aroused so much indig¬
nation, and several of the lady
passengers upbraided him in very
icy terras for his conduct.
From all reports the excursion
was managed most unwisely. First
from a business viewpoint, as the
majority of the patrons of these an¬
nual trips are from Fitzgerald, and
it seems that their comfort should
be first considered; second, from a
viewpoint, for no one
will deny the utter discourtesy of
allowing women to stand in a car
so long as there is any possible
of procuring seats, and on
occasion there is absolutely
doubt but that seats could have
been secured,and as was suggested
to the conductor,as soon as the con¬
gested condition in white coaches
was discovered, the negroes could
have easily been crowded into one
coach, thereby leaving room
for the women and chil¬
to sit. Instead of this, which
would have been a very easy
the matter is alleged to
have been treated with indifference,
it was not until the excursion
passed Og'ethorpe that the women
and children had a place to sit.
This is indeed a deplorable state
of affairs and it is to be hoped
that the A. B. & A. will not allow
a recurrence of it.
According to the figures of the
Journal of Commerce, the cotton
acreage shows an increase of 3.6
per cent over last year, the largest
on record. In Mississippi and
Louisiana the farmers have plant¬
ed less cotton and more grain,
while in all the other cotton states
more cotton has been planted.
This means that, under favorable
conditions, there will be the big¬
gest yield of cotton ever, and
natural consequence will be a de¬
cline in the price.
Mrs. Earl Craddock,
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THE FITZGERALD LEADER, FRIDAY, JUNE 3, 1910
ANNOUNCEMENTS.
FOR REPRESENTATIVE.
I hereby announce myself a candidate
for Representative in the State Legisla¬
ture from Ben Hill County, subject to the
White Primary to be ordered, and re*
spectfully solicit the support of all.
W. T. Paulk.
To the Voters of Ben Hill County:
I hereby announce myself as a candi¬
date for Representative from Ben Hill
County, subject to the White Primary.
1 do not ask for the office under any
claims to a right of hereditary succession;
nor by reason of any former trade or
combination by which this high office
may be farmed out to successive candi¬
dates; nor do 1 ask a vindication at your
hands on account of any past failure to
recieve your endorsement at the polls.
If my record as a citizen and my loy -
alty to Fitzgerald, and my county and
state for the past fourteen years, merits
your approval, I will sincerely aprreciate
your support, and if elected I pledge my¬
self to represent the whole People, who
will be taken into my confidence in all
matters of legislation affecting their in¬
terest. Respectfully,
D. B. Jay.
FOR SHERIFF.
I hereby announce myself as a candi¬
date for the office of Sheriff of Ben Hill
county,subject to the August primary,and
if elected pledge my faithful service to
the execution of the duties of the office
and respectfully solicit the support of all.
J. W. Norris.
I hereby announce myself as a can¬
didate for the office of sheriff, subject
to the August, primary to he or¬
dered. I will appreciate the support
of the voters of this couDty.
J. M. Hanes.
FOR COUNTY SCHOOL COMMIS¬
SIONER.
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1 hereby announce myself a candidate
for County School Commissioner, sub¬
ject to the White Primary to be ordered.
C. W. Batson.
FOR COUNTY TREASURER.
I hereby announce myself a candidate
for the office of County Treasurer at the
the solicitation of many .of the voters of
Ben Hill. If elected I will do my duty
fully. Soliciting the votes of all am.
Yours Truly,
Wm. Williams.
1 hereby announce my candidacy for
the office of county treasurer, subject to
the August primary, A large number of
the voters of the county know me and can
judge of my fitness for the place. I will
be grateful to those who take an interest
in my candidacy.
Respectfully,
G. A. Jolly.
A Card of Explanation
In justice to myself and St.
Mathew’s Choir Guild, I desire to
state that the objectionable picture
shown Friday night, at the Fami¬
ly Theatre were put on by mistake
and without my knowledge and
were withdrawn after first run.
J. H. Mays.
To-day is the birth dao of Jef-
feron Davis, the President of the
Confederate states, and is a legal
holiday.* The banks are closed,
and the day is being fittingly ob¬
served throughout the south, as it
should be.
We are just in receipt of a letter
from Frank G. Campbell, the
veteran actor who is now touring
the country in Vaudeville with his
own clever little Company known
as the Campbell Trio, and we will
put forth every effort to engage
This Act for a week in the near
future. Mr. Camnbell is well
known to theatre goers of Fitz¬
gerald, as he was for several
years with the Parks Stock Com¬
pany, as stage director and
tant manager.
Gelders and Maddocks.
To the Voters of Ben Hill and Adjoin¬
ing Counties and Others:
We respectfully announce ourselves as an
abiding Candidate for your Patronage and Support.
OUR. PLATFORM
Get all the Deposits we can HONORABLY
and handle them SAFELY.
Lend our money in the territory first from
whence these deposits come, and if we have more
to lend we will extend our aid beyond this territory.
Lend only to people who can make us such
notes as are absolutely safe.
Lend only to such people as are deserving and
not enrichment. to a greedy few for the purpose of their self¬
There are now more deserving people around
us ed needing a bank's aid than all the banks combin¬
can serve, and it is the practice of only the reck¬
less and unsafe banker to lend to the undeserving,
to the speculator or to the man of great venture.
We regard each deposit as a vote of faith and
confidence in us and further proof of our satisfac-
t'ory dealings with the public; and having nearly as
many combined deposits as all other banks in the county
we regard this fact as proof satisfactory
to ourselves of our exceedingly high standing
among bank patrons. We are thankful for this
tude large patronage the which puts us in this happy atti-
before people.
and all We other delight legitimate to aid the farmer, the merchant
lines of business and de¬
serving individuals.
We are just as liberal in rates as any bank in
the South, respective of supply of money.
We will always welcome new accounts and
make it easy for any person to learn to operate an
account.
We operate a SAVINGS DEPARTMENT
in which the saver gets interest on his money com¬
pounded four times a year.
We have the largest SURPLUS in this sec¬
tion of the state, and all informed people know
that bank SURPLUS is proof of strength and
prudent management.
We are growing fast, daily receiving new ac¬
counts,and promise as we develop in strength and resources
of this to grow more helpful in the development
prosperous young section.
The UNITED STATES of AMERICA
this deposit GOVERNMENT moneys with us, and
is further great proof of our strength.
We invite you to deposit yours in this same
strong bank.
EXCHANGE NATIONAL BANK
R. V. BOWEN, President. J. E. TURNER, Active Vice-President
J. 0. DORMINEY, Cashier.